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Philippe Couvreur

Summary
Philippe Couvreur, (born 29 November 1951 in Schaerbeek, Belgium), is a jurist specialized in international law. He served as the Registrar of the International Court of Justice in The Hague (The Netherlands) from 2000 to 2019. After a classical education at the Collège Jean XXIII in Brussels, Philippe Couvreur studied law at Notre-Dame de la Paix University in Namur and at the Université catholique de Louvain, and international and European law at King's College London, at the Complutense University of Madrid and at the Université catholique de Louvain. He also studied Thomist philosophy in this latter university. Philippe Couvreur speaks five languages (French, Dutch, English, Spanish and Italian). After working in the legal department of the European Commission, Couvreur held several legal positions at the International Court of Justice successively (since 1982), including the position of Principal Legal Secretary (Head of the Legal Department). He served as the Registrar of the International Court of Justice from February 2000 and was re-elected twice. He retired on 1 July 2019. Couvreur has taught European and international law in numerous universities and academies, in the capacity of: from 1976 to 1982, Assistant Professor at the European Studies Centre and the law faculty of the Université catholique de Louvain; from 1980 to 1982, Visiting Professor in the law of international organizations at the law faculty of the University of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso); from 1986 to 1996, Professor in the law of nations and comparative constitutional law at HEC Saint Louis (Brussels); from 1997 to 2017, Guest lecturer at the law faculty of the Université catholique de Louvain (co-lecturer in courses on the advanced law of nations and current issues in public international law). He has also been a speaker at numerous colloquiums, conferences and seminars. Philippe Couvreur is also a Corresponding Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, as well as a member of various other learned societies.
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